, 1887-12-01
AN OLD TIME CELEBRATION.

Track for the Cheyenne & Burlington
railroad is now laid to the city limits and
it is a question OF scarcely more than
twenty four hours until cars may be run
into the company's depot in the very
heart of the city. The pleasure which
the advent of the new railroad naturally
gives to every citizen of Cheyenne will
bri ng up a retrospect of the early days to
every old timer.
In THE LEADER during the fall OF 1867
there are many interesting little para
graphs about the great transcontinental
line which was then progressing west
ward. The first authoritative nou
ment was made In September when the
Union Pacific was expected to reach here
on Nov. 10.
Under date of Oct. - the following APP
pears:
Four miles of track were laid on the
Union Pacific railroad on the 18th inst.
The end of the track on the night of the
18th inst was at point eiEh b mifcs west of
Dead Pine Bluff, only 30 miles from Chey-
enne. Hurrah!
In the same issue it is announced that
the editor of TIE LEADER left for Den
yer on the stage coach the previous even
ing. In the commercial report of Oct.
- it appears that bacon is quoted scarce
at 50 and So 30; butter at so and rs
cents; coffee SO cents per sack; coal oil
81 and 81 so per gallon; Colorado -four
SO. 90 and Sl2, and states -four $ll and
Sl3 per sack; oysters rs cents per can;
potatoes S cents per pound, and granulat-
ed sugar 80 cents per pound.
Under date of Oct. -, 1867, The
LEADER readers are electrified with this
bit OF information:
We are informed hat a few days since
a party III Indians placed sods upon the
track of the Union Pacific railroad at a
point betw.en Pine Bluffs and Ante 'Ope
station. Some men with n handcar COM
ing up chose to take the
chances of encounJering the sods rather
than the red devils, who were near at
hand awaiting results. The car passed
the distractions without harm, and the
red devils we're ioiied.
On Oct. "a it is stated that the bridge
timbers for the Union Pacific were
brought from Michigan. How they were
disposed of may be found in the following
paragraph which appeared two days later.
The grading of the Union Pacific rail-
road through our city. is progressing
finely. Gen. Easement has the contract
for this part There is a deep fill across
the valley of Crow creek. The bridge
spanning this stream will be over 100 feet
long, and twenty-five feet high with four
abutments.
The great event was the actual arrival
of the road which was bcittingly celebrat-
ed and reported in the issue of Saturday,
Nov. l6, 1867. A vast assemblage of
citizens and railroad men, it is stated. as
sembled to celebrate the advent of the
Union Pacific railroad and organized with
+. Brown acting chairman in the absence
of Mayor Hook. Eddy street and the
city hall were splendidly illuminated.
The large transparency near the speakers
stand bore the motto: The Magic City
Greets the Continental Railway" Honor
to Whom Honor is Due" odd Case
ment, we welcome you" referring to Gen.
Easement, one of the Union Pacific men
and at that time delegate in congress
from the territory of Dakota of which
most of the present Wyoming was then
a part. ConVratulatory resolutions were
presented by Judge Miller and adopted
with hilarious enthusiasm. Speeches
were made by Gen. Easement and several
others, and altogether the occasion was
marked by unrestrained joy.
The coming of the Cheyenne & Bur
lington will be celebrated some time this
month on a much more elaborate scale,
because the facilities to DO so are reader
to hand, but it is scarcely possible that the
satisfaction can be more general or deep
seated than it was in November, 1867.